Study of the politics of race stayed marginal until the 1980s and 1990s

Evidence

There are some classic studies that date back to the 1960s, many of which were focused on community politics or changing forms of racial ideology in the USA during the period of the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power. Such studies, however, remained relatively marginal to the field as a whole until the 1980s and 1990s, This growth of interest in the study of the politics of race has helped to clarify some questions, but others remain open and contested. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2146